Get the skills and confidence to care for people of all ages in all clinical situations while building your resilience to navigate a rapidly evolving healthcare sector with La Trobe's future-focused Bachelor of Nursing.
Learn from leading clinicians and academics and gain hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art simulation labs. Move into real-world environments in hospitals and healthcare agencies in your first year, reaping the benefits of our long-standing partnerships with top-tier health providers like Austin Health, The Royal Women's Hospital and Bendigo Health.
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Delivery mode
This course is available in the following study modes:
Locations
133 McKoy Street, Wodonga 3250
210 Fryers Street, Shepparton 3262
471 Benetook Avenue, Mildura 3500
Edwards Road, Flora Hill, Bendigo 3550
Plenty Road, Bundoora, Melbourne 3086
Entry Requirements
You must meet ONE of the following requirements:
Completed Year 12 (ATAR optional) with ATAR score 58.15 or equivalent.
Entry requirements
Applicant with current or recent secondary education (within the last two years)
Prerequisite
- VCE: Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.
- HSC: One of English Standard, English Advanced (Band 3), English as an Additional Language or Dialect (Band 4).
Applicant with higher education study
Prerequisite
- Subject proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.
Applicant with vocational education and training (VET) study
Prerequisite
- Subject proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.
Applicant with work and life experience
Selection criteria
- Applicants can complete and submit a Personal Statement if they wish other information to be considered during the selection process. This may include information such as work experience or reason for applying. Applicants may wish to provide other documentation in support of their application.
- English language requirements for Nursing courses (Compulsory) To be considered for an offer in this course, applicants must have completed one of the following criteria:
- Six years of schooling in English must have been completed – including at least two years of secondary school in English - in one of the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States, Canada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom; OR
- Have undertaken an approved English language proficiency test accepted for entry to this course preference no more than 2 years before the course start date (minimum test results required); OR
- Are a currently registered enrolled nurse or registered nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Applicants seeking consideration via Work Recognition must complete all requirements listed on the La Trobe University Work Recognition webpage and submit a Personal Statement, including relevant work experience and reasons for applying for this course.
- Subject proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.
Core Participation Requirements are abilities, attributes and behaviours that are required to undertake learning activities and professional experience in your course. These requirements are provided for your information and are not entry requirements. Core Participation Requirements are also referred to as Inherent Requirements by other institutions.
La Trobe University wants you to understand the Core Participation Requirements of your course so you can:
- determine if you may need support during your studies; and
- make an informed decision about whether the course is suitable for you.
Course fees
Course fee
$20,904
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This course will prepare you for the following roles.
About La Trobe University
La Trobe is a university known for making a positive difference in the lives of our students, partners and communities. We will become an even more valued and relevant university because of the way we respond to their needs in this time of great local and national crisis.
Our aim is to emerge as a more resilient, future-focused and necessarily more efficient institution that will thrive in a post-COVID world by being more sharply focused on the needs of our community, and by playing to our strengths in teaching and research.
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